muse
noun /mjuːz/
/mjuːz/
- a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things
（作家、画家等的）灵感；创作冲动的源泉 - He felt that his muse had deserted him (= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.).
他觉得他已失去了创作灵感。
- He felt that his muse had deserted him (= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.).
- Muse(in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature
缪斯（古希腊和古罗马神话中执掌诗歌、音乐和其他文学艺术分支的九位女神之一）
词源noun late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin musa, from Greek mousa ‘muse’.